HISTORY REPEATING.
It was pitch black.
There was no beginning and there was no end. Leya slowly turned around in the spot; she could hear crunching under her feet. It sounded like dried leaves during Autumn, the kind of leaves that give you that satisfied feeling when they make that 'crunch, crunch, crunch' sound as you stomp on them.
An imaginary breeze blew across her face kissing her cheeks.
Her breathing became labored.
"You killed me." A feminine voice tinted with vengeance whispered in her ear.
Leya turned around her eyes darting every which way but she could still see nothing but darkness.
"Who's there?" Leya yelled as loud as she could.
It hissed back.
"Who's there…."
"Who's there….."
"Who's there…."
There was whispering all around her. Who's there.
Something sharp and wiry caught her throat and pulled her backwards. For a second Leya thought she was falling into nothingness. But then she hit the ground. Hard.
It was cold and wet. She could feel the Autumn leaves digging into her back as if they had all of a sudden gone sharp wanting to pierce her skin.
Then she felt terrible unimaginable pain in her chest. Bright, red blood spilled from her chest and down her sides, coating the once Autumn colored leaves dark red with blood.
Leya struggled to breathe as a shadow stood above her. It was like someone had turned on the lights, Leya could see Vicki, grey skinned and pale eyed. Staring at her emotionless.
"Doesn't feel so good does it?" She asked rhetorically. Bending down Vicki twisted the stake.
Leya slammed her eyes shut and cried out in pain. Her hand grasped the stake in her chest as a face leaned closer to hers, determined to watch the light leave her eyes.
Leya's breathing picked up as she opened her eyes to see Voldemort. He looked different. He wasn't sporting the snake-look with no nose; he looked exactly as he did in her second year when she faced him off in the Chamber of Secrets.
His eyes, however weren't the dark brown they were in the Chamber; they were a bright crimson red and they bore into her with utter hatred.
He smiled almost serenely, his eyes flickered down to her chest where he watched with pleasure as her blood continued to flood the area where she lay.
His eyes looked back at her. Leya wanted to turn away but something kept hold of her head. He leaned forward so close she could feel his breath on her lips.
"This is the way it should've been."
Everything started to get darker again. Leya's eyes felt heavy and stars had suddenly lit up in the corner of her eyes.
Voldemort started to hiss in Parseltongue, his eyes still gleamed red as she started to fade.
The slamming of metal on metal pounded through her head as Leya adjusted the books she had just taken out of her locker. She was not having a very good start to the day, the dream she had last night had plagued her mind all morning. As far as Leya was concerned dreaming of Voldemort was never a good thing.
"Hey." Elena greeted Leya joining her as she walked to History.
"Hey." She responded quietly with a polite small smile. "Have you talked to Stefan? I've been trying to call him, but he's not picking up."
"No." Elena sighed dejectedly. "He's been avoiding me."
"Do you think he followed through? I mean with Damon?" Leya asked whispering looking around for listeners.
"I have no idea."
When the girls walked into their History classroom Elena looked longingly at Stefan's empty desk as they sat down. Just as the bell rang Bonnie scurried in head down before a tall male entered the room. Must be the new teacher.
"All righty." He said, taking his jacket off and heading to the blackboard. He grabbed a piece of chalk and started writing.
Leya looked over to see Elena mouth to Bonnie asking if she was okay. Bonnie shrugged her shoulders in response looking troubled. She turned back in her seat worry flooding her as the new teacher started his lesson.
"Alaric Saltzman." The man said pointing to the board where his name was written. "It's a mouthful, I know. It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Saltzman is of German origins. My family immigrated here in 1755 to Texas. I however was born and raised in Boston."
He then took a slight pause as his eyes roamed around the room.
"Now the name Alaric belongs to a very dead great-grandfather, I will never be able to thank enough." He said sarcastically. "You'll probably want to pronounce it Aleric but it's 'Alaric' okay? So you can call me Ric. I'm your new History teacher."
"So let me get this straight." Leya began as she sat outside with Elena and Bonnie at lunch. "You're a Witch."
"Yes." Bonnie replied apprehensively, when Leya didn't answer she sighed. "You don't believe me do you?"
"No, no, no. I do, I believe you. I really do." Leya hastily replied. "It's just… I can't believe you're telling me."
"Well, why not. You're my friend, Leya." Bonnie said and Leya could tell she was being genuine. "And besides, Elena told me you're really good at keeping secrets."
"You have no idea." Leya muttered under her breath sharing a glancing look with Elena.
More loudly she added. "I'll take it to my grave."
Bonnie grinned at Leya glad she didn't think she was some sort of freak. Although she kinda predicted Leya would have this kind of reaction. Bonnie didn't really know what it was about Leya, but as soon as she met her Bonnie felt a sort of kinship towards the green eyed girl. Maybe it was because Bonnie knew what it felt like to be different, or maybe it was because she knew Leya believed in magic just as much as her Grams did.
"Now." Leya said breaking the silence. "Tell us about this nightmare of yours."
So then Bonnie proceeded to explain every single detail she could remember from the dream.
"And then I ended up at the remains of the old Fell's Church before I woke up back in the woods." Bonnie finished looking petrified.
"And you always see your ancestor Emily?" Leya asked, Bonnie nodded in confirmation.
To say Leya was stumped was an understatement. Bonnie's dreams almost sounded like the dream's she had of Voldemort. Emily interacted with her, she talked to her, took her places. Leya knew that the magic the 'Wand-Wielders' used was entirely different from the magic the Sorcerers and Priestesses used, but she had no idea just how different it was.
"Do you believe in ghosts?" Bonnie asked abruptly.
"You know, two weeks ago I'd say no but…" Elena trailed off.
"I think I'm being haunted." Bonnie admitted.
"I don't get it. Why Emily?" Elena asked confused.
"Grams said she was a powerful Witch back in the Civil War days and this medallion was hers; a Witch's talisman." Bonnie explained holding up the amber crystal.
"And it all started when you got the necklace?" Elena clarified. Bonnie nodded.
"I think she's using it to communicate with me."
"Okay, what does your Grams say about it?" Leya finally asked.
"I can't call her." Both Elena and Leya gave her a stern look. "She's gonna tell me to embrace it. I don't wanna embrace it, I want it to stop." Bonnie said, fear filling her dark brown eyes.
The three girls soon split into different directions their heads each plagued with different thoughts. Leya wandered around school grounds enjoying the day thinking about the discussion that had just took place.
She felt touched that Bonnie had trusted her enough to divulge her secret to her knowing full well that she could tell anyone at any given moment. Not that she would of course.
Though throughout the conversation it had brought up feelings of guilt. Leya wanted to tell them she was a Witch, desperately, which was such a contrast to what she was thinking when she first arrived in Mystic Falls.
She had come to Mystic Falls thinking she could keep a low profile and away from the Wizarding World so Bellatrix and any alliances she might've formed would not find her. But instead Leya's found herself neck deep in the supernatural with no way of getting out.
And now, she wanted to tell her newly found friends she was a Witch. How does she get into these sorts of situations.
"Stefan." Leya greeted surprised as he walked towards her.
"Leya." Stefan replied grinning.
Stefan was saddened by the conversation he just had with Elena and he knew that telling Leya the same thing he told Elena would only make him even more depressed. He had in recent times found a friend in Leya, he thought of her as a little sister, someone who was sad and for once needed protecting instead of being the protector.
She had obviously not told him all of this, but Stefan was a 162 years old. You can't be that old and not be observant of other people and what they feel. With Lexi gone, Leya truly was his new best friend. And now he was leaving.
Leya's smile faded when she noticed the look on Stefan's face. "Let me guess. You really don't want to leave but it's for our protection." She deduced.
Stefan said nothing.
"Does Elena know?" Leya asked turning her head away from him.
"Yeah, I just spoke to her."
"And what about Damon?"
"He's alive. I wanted to thank you for stopping me from killing him."
Leya said nothing, only nodding her head in recognition of his thank you.
"I'm sorry." Stefan said guilt coating the two words.
"Don't be." Leya said looking at him. "Everyone always leaves in the end. In one way or another."
She sighed. "Maybe we'll see each other someday. It is, as they say, a small world after all." She paused.
"I've got to get to class." She muttered walking off.
Stefan watched her walk away. She had put on a brave face but he could tell she was hurt. He didn't like feeling like this, he didn't like hurting her or Elena, but this was what's best for them. At least he thought so.
Later that night Leya had changed into pair of jeans, a black and white striped long sleeved top and a pair of black ankle boots. She was currently in Elena's kitchen with the host herself and Caroline unpacking the take out she had brought over.
"I brought Pop Tarts." Leya said unexpectedly breaking the silence holding up a box.
Recently Leya had taken on a strong obsession with the delicious sugary food. She had found them the other day while hunting for food in the kitchen.
"Okay, you are way too addicted to those things." Elena said taking the box out of Leya's reach as she and Caroline laughed.
"I am not." Leya defended.
"Yes, you are. I saw you eat like a dozen at school." Caroline said teasingly.
"Fine. I'll stop if…" Leya paused looking at Caroline. "You apologize to Bonnie."
"Wha-?" Caroline looked disbelieving at Leya. She turned to look at Elena for backup but she only had the same stern look on her face as Leya.
"Fine." She relented. "I'll try. "
Leya and Elena smiled triumphantly. "Nice one." Elena whispered quietly to Leya as they continued to unpack the food.
Bonnie entered the kitchen and the silence became tense as Bonnie and Caroline exchanged looks but said nothing.
Leya caught Caroline's eyes and gave her a look gesturing her head towards Bonnie's direction. Caroline sighed.
"I'm sorry. There, I said it. If you want the ugly-ass necklace, keep it. It's yours." She said, looking at Bonnie.
Bonnie looked guiltily at Caroline. "Will you hate me if I tell you I threw it away?"
"You threw it away?" Caroline seethed.
"I know it sounds crazy but the necklace was giving me nightmares. I had to get rid of it." Bonnie explained.
"You could have just given it back to me." Caroline called out.
"Why? So you could give it back to Damon?" Elena retorted.
"You know what, screw Damon! Are we doing manicures or what? Who has their kit?" Caroline asked, changing the subject.
"Mine's in my bag." Bonnie said gesturing to the table where her bag was.
"So, Elena, how long do you think this fight with Stefan's gonna last? Is it… like a permanent thing?" Caroline asked searching through Bonnie's bag.
"I don't know, Caroline." Elena said with a sigh rolling her eyes.
"Why are you such a little liar, Bonnie?" Caroline said heatedly, making the three girls turn to her in shock.
"Caroline!" Elena scolded until she held up a familiar amber necklace.
The three girls stared as Caroline walked forward slamming the necklace down onto the table and looking at Bonnie accusingly.
"I'm not lying to you, Caroline, I swear."
"It's true, I watched her throw it into a field." Elena said defending Bonnie.
"Well then explain it." Caroline said irritation radiating off her.
Bonnie looked to both Elena and Leya before coming up with the only possible explanation. "Emily?"
"Who's Emily?" Caroline asked.
"The ghost."
"Oh, the ghost has a name now?" Caroline asked mockingly.
"Caroline, please." Elena said holding up her hand, asking her to be quiet as they focused their attention on Bonnie.
"I wonder why she won't leave me alone." Bonnie said stressed.
"Okay, what is going on? Why am I not a part of this conversation? You guys do this to me all the time." Caroline exclaimed with a hurt expression on her face.
Leya felt extremely awkward at Caroline's accusation. She hadn't been their friend long so she didn't really know their history, but Leya had noticed that Bonnie and Elena excluded Caroline on some occasions.
"That's not true." Elena denied.
"Yes it is." Bonnie said, as she looked at Elena. She looked back at Caroline and added. "I can't talk to you. You don't listen."
"That's not true!" Caroline said offended.
"I'm a Witch." Bonnie said seriously.
"And don't we all know it?" Caroline ridiculed.
"See? That's what I'm talking about. I'm trying to tell you something. You don't even hear it." Bonnie walked off into the living room upset. Caroline turned and looked incredulously at Elena and Leya.
"I listen. When do I not listen?" She asked
Both Leya and Elena chose not to answer her question and instead Leya picked up the necklace and held it out to Caroline.
"You need to apologize to her."
Caroline sighed taking the necklace from Leya's outstretched hand, looking at both girls she turned around to walk into the living room where Bonnie was to apologize.
As soon as Caroline turned the corner Leya and Elena shared a glance before rushing to the entrance to the living room. Both girls were silent as they listened to Caroline apologize to Bonnie.
"Bonnie? Look it just not me. I don't believe in the whole 'woo, woo'… but if you do, then… okay. I'm in. That's all it takes for me to jump on board, because I consider you to be my best friend. And I'm saying this knowing that Leya and Elena are in the kitchen listening to my every word."
Large smiles made their way onto Elena and Leya's faces at Caroline's comment.
"I didn't know how real this was for you. But I'm listening now." There was a slight pause before Caroline called out. "Girls, you can come in now, we're done!"
The two girls poked their heads into the living room seeing Caroline and Bonnie sitting together on the couch before fully entering. Leya took a seat next to Caroline while Elena sat on the arm chair.
"There is just way too much drama in this room. So what do you guys wanna do? Huh! I have an idea. Why don't we have a séance?" Caroline suggested standing up to walk behind the couch.
"I don't think that's a good idea." Bonnie protested.
"Come on. Let's summon some spirits. This Emily chick has some serious explaining to do." With a sigh the three girls reluctantly agreed. It would've been useless to object against Caroline anyway.
A few minutes later and the girls were sitting in Elena's room in a circle on the floor darkness surrounding them; the only light was coming from the candles placed in the middle.
After a few seconds of silence Bonnie broke it. "What are we doing?"
"I don't know." Replied Elena.
"This is a really bad idea." Leya murmured to herself quietly, but since it was so quiet her voice seemed to resound and Bonnie nodded her head in agreement.
"Shh! be quiet and concentrate. Okay, close your eyes." Caroline instructed. "Now take a deep breath." They inhaled air filling their lungs. "Bonnie, call to her."
"Emily." Bonnie started strongly. "You there?" She asked bleakly. Leya opened her eyes letting out a tiny giggle but stopped when Caroline shot her a glare.
"Really? 'Emily, you there?' That's all you got? Come on." Caroline urged.
"Fine, jeez." They closed their eyes once more as Bonnie called to her. "Emily. I call on you. I know you have a message. I'm here to listen."
Suddenly the flames from the candles flared making them gasp and jump back in surprise.
"Did that just-" Elena started.
"Yeah, that just happened." Caroline confirmed. Then a breeze swept through the room chilling it, making Caroline gasp softly and rub her arms.
"It's just the air conditioning." Bonnie weakly explained. Then the flames flared once more holding up this time.
"Ask her to show you a sign. Ask her!" Caroline pressed Bonnie. But Bonnie refused shaking her head, so Caroline took matters into her own hands.
"Emily, if you're among us, show us another sign." Leya's eyes darted around the room, staying an extra second or two longer on every shadow and corner. When nothing happened they relaxed slightly and Bonnie started to speak.
"See? It's not working."
The window blew open with a bang, and Leya's hand grasped her ankle where her wand was hidden underneath her jeans.
"No I can't, I'm done!" Bonnie screamed standing up and ripping the necklace off throwing it onto the floor. The candles flickered out, cloaking them in darkness.
"Get the light! Please get the light!" Bonnie begged.
"Hold on, I got it." Elena said and the room lit up.
"You guys, the necklace, it's gone." Bonnie said fearful. Leya looked down to where Bonnie had thrown the necklace only seconds ago and just as she said, it was gone.
"We shouldn't have done this." Leya said as she and Bonnie looked around the room for the necklace.
"Okay, fun's over, Caroline. You made a point and I get it, now give it back" Elena said looking at Caroline.
"What? I didn't take it." Caroline said affronted. Elena was about to press Caroline further because she was probably just trying to scare Bonnie further by taking it, when she saw something move across her doorway behind Caroline.
"What? What happened?" Caroline asked, making Bonnie and Leya stop and turn to see what Elena was looking at.
"I don't know. Nothing. Jeremy are you home?" Elena called out hoping she got a response. But none came.
"Um. Guys?" Bonnie called walking into the bathroom. Caroline, Elena and Leya followed stopping a bit away, watching as Bonnie bent down to pick something up. As she stood she held up the necklace.
Leya slowly started to walk forward when the door slammed shut, locking Bonnie inside. The three girls flew forwards and tried to push open the door but it wouldn't budge.
"You guys open the door! Help me!" Bonnie's muffled scream yelled from the other side.
"Bonnie? Bonnie, what's going on?" Leya yelled along with Elena and Caroline. No matter how hard they pushed, pounded and beat the door it just would not open.
"I'll try the hallway!" Leya yelled over Bonnie's constant screaming.
Leya ran out of Elena's room and into the hallway stopping briefly to bend down and pull out her wand. Once she reached the door she held her wand and said strongly. "Alohomora."
She dashed forwards her shoulder hitting the door. It opened, but only briefly, and before Leya could even get a glimpse of what was happening something forced her out and slammed the door once more. Bonnie's screaming intensified.
The lights started to flicker. Something was happening and whatever it was, was making Leya anxious because she knew she wouldn't be able to stop it. No matter how hard she could try she wouldn't be able to stop what was about to happen. In fact Leya felt as if this was supposed to happen and if she stopped it, something bad might happen, something she could've prevented.
Leya ran back into Elena's room joining the other two girls just as Bonnie let out several ear-splitting screams. Then it stopped, everything stopped. Bonnie stopped screaming, the lights stopped flickering and the door slowly creaked open.
Bonnie was standing in the middle of the bathroom with the lights on and her hands covering her face. Caroline, Elena and Leya stepped closer to the bathroom breathing heavily.
"What happened? Are you okay?" Elena asked as Caroline and Leya looked on.
Bonnie slowly lifted her head and responded expressionless. "I'm fine."
Something was wrong. Leya shared a confused glance with Elena before looking back to Bonnie.
"Unbelievable. You were totally faking it." Caroline said heatedly.
"Caroline, come on-" Elena tried to reason before Caroline cut her off.
"No. You scared the hell out of me." Caroline said to Bonnie storming off.
"Bonnie?" Leya asked hesitantly. Bonnie's eyes flickered to her, and Leya felt like someone else was staring at her not Bonnie.
"I'm fine. Everything's fine." She said before brushing past Elena and Leya.
"I can't believe I fell for it." Caroline said as Bonnie walked hastily out of Elena's room.
"Are you okay?" Leya asked Bonnie concerned as they followed her out.
"I must go." Bonnie replied.
"If she's leaving, I'm leaving."
"You guys can't leave." Elena said looking from Bonnie to Caroline.
"Oh, I can. I've had enough freaky fake Witch stuff for one night." Caroline retorted crossing her arms angrily.
"Thank you for having me. I'll take it from here." Bonnie said expressionless before walking down the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Leya asked persisted.
"Back to where it all began." She replied without turning around.
"Bonnie? Bonnie?" Elena called as Bonnie rushed down the stairs.
"Emily!" Leya called on a hunch. Bonnie stopped at the bottom of the stairs and turned back to them.
"I won't let him have it. It must be destroyed."
Leya pushed pass Elena as she ran down the stairs, both Elena and Caroline following after her. "Wait!" Leya called just as Bonnie or Emily in this case rushed through the door as it slammed shut.
Leya sprinted the rest of the way and gripped the door knob in her hand and tried to pull the door open but it wouldn't budge.
"What's happening?" Caroline asked as she and Elena came the rest of the way down.
"I don't know. The door it's not-" Leya said pulling harder but cut off as the door unexpectedly swung open making Caroline and Elena scream slightly before Jeremy's familiar form came into view. He looked at the girls weirdly walking inside.
"I'm out of here." Caroline said panting a little walking out the door.
"Caroline, wait!" Leya called out but it went ignored as she continued walking. Leya turned back to find Elena calling someone.
"What are you doing?"
"Calling Stefan." Elena replied putting the phone up to her ear.
Leya turned back to the doorway thinking about what Emily said running a hand through her hair in frustration. She was talking about the necklace when she said it had to be destroyed to keep it from whoever wanted it. Who was he in the first place anyway? Then she said something about going back to where it all began. What did that mean? Wait. Back to where it all began. How could she have been so stupid. Fells Church.
Leya turned back to hear Elena say I don't know. "Elena, Elena." She whispered. "Back to where it all began. Fells Church."
"Fells Church, by the old cemetery. That's where she took Bonnie in her dreams. We have to help her, Stefan." Elena said relaying the message. As soon as Elena hung up Leya rushed outside.
"Where are you going?" Elena yelled running after her.
"To help."
"No, you can't."
"Elena, Bonnie's my friend and I'm not gonna just leave her out there like that. Now are you going to help me or not?" Leya asked stopping turning back to Elena.
And in no time they were in Elena's car speeding determined to get to Fells Church before anything happened to Bonnie. Before the car had even stopped Leya had jumped out and started running and soon enough she saw Bonnie standing with Damon and Stefan near her.
"Incendia!" Bonnie shouted raising her arms above her head creating a pentagram of flames around her.
"Bonnie!" Leya screamed rushing forwards but Stefan caught her holding her back.
"No, no, no. Please." Damon said stepping closer to the flames desperation leaking through his voice.
Leya stared fascinated as Bonnie took the necklace off and for a second her image flickered to the persona of Emily before changing back. Leya faintly heard Elena shout Bonnie's name and Stefan rushing to stop her just as he did to her. Bonnie gathered the necklace in her hand before throwing it as high as she could.
"NO!" Damon screamed out as the necklace exploded showering them with embers. The flames disappeared leaving a smoking pentagram in the ground as Bonnie looked around in confusion. Leya caught her eye for a moment before Damon rushed forward and attacked her.
"GET OFF HER!" Leya screamed and suddenly Damon was screaming backing off of Bonnie clutching his head. Leya rushed towards Bonnie and knelt beside her, she was unconscious blood pouring from her neck. Leya looked back to Damon to see him watching blood stained around his mouth.
Stefan rushed forward placing his head near Bonnie chest.
"She's alive, but barely. I can save her." Stefan said. Stefan didn't wait for a response before biting his wrist, forcefully opening Bonnie's mouth as his blood seeped down her throat healing her.
"Her neck. It's healing." Elena said shocked as they watched Bonnie's wound fade away until there wasn't even a scar.
Damon had soon disappeared and Bonnie had shakily questioned both Leya and Elena what was going on. Elena had managed to calm Bonnie down enough to tell her that both she and Leya would explain everything when they returned to her house.
And they did. They told Bonnie everything, and she cried and Elena cried. But not a single tear escaped Leya's eye because she had been through much worse. But she didn't tell them that, she just hugged them and said everything would get better, even though the likeliness of that happening was a thousand to one.
A/N: Hey guys! So I know it's kinda boring if you've already read this story on my other account and I kinda apologize for that but if you like the changes I've made or have an opinion on the direction that I'm going with the story please, please, please don't hesitate to review. Also, on another note I've created a new story! It's called Hunting For Hearts I don't want to give anything away but you should definitely check it out!